MP Roland Mugume and Secretary for Mobilization Ingrid Turinawe have lost the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party primaries ahead of the 2021 general elections.
The two and others were vying to represent Rukungiri Municipality in the 11th parliament.
The hotly contested election involved six candidates. The election was won by Dr. Warren Tumwine who polled 130 votes followed by Ingrid Turinawe with 65 votes and the current MP Mugume Rolland Kaginda garnered 62 votes.
The other candidates; Benon Rwenzigye, Herbert Mbabazi Kawawa and Francis Musimire polled zero votes.
Despite earlier success in her political career in the late 1990s and early 2000, Ingrid Turinawe has failed to win any elective position above the sub-county councilor. In 2006, she contested the Rukungiri District Women parliamentary seat, and again in 2011, losing in both elections.
In February 2017, Ingrid contested one of the seats to the East African Legislative Assembly, which convenes in Arusha, Tanzania. She encountered a very hostile reception in the parliamentary chamber, when she went to canvass for votes due to her frosty relationships with the Ugandan MPs, the majority of whom belong to the ruling National Resistance Movement political party. When the actual voting took place on February 28, 2017, she received a paltry 25 votes out of a possible maximum of 398 votes.
